Geoff Johns

Every Missing Shazam Omnibus, Mapped | 2025 Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus Poll

May 19, 2025 by krisis

It’s time to map the DC Universe! In June, I’ll be joining with Near Mint Condition to launch the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll! This post explains every Shazam omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

Through the end of May I’ll be covering DC entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your DC oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll on Near Mint Condition the first week of June.

Shazam is a hero that DC Comics adopted after battling original publisher Fawcett over the idea that Shazam (originally “Captain Marvel”) infringed on identifying elements of Superman.

That and other factors resulted in Fawcett shutting down their comics line in 1953, ending Shazam’s Golden Age run. DC later licensed the character in the 1970s (with his Golden Age history intact), though by that time Marvel Comics had their own “Captain Marvel” – which resulted in the character being renamed to his magic word: Shazam! However, in a Post-Crisis world, Shazam exists wholly in the DC Universe with a completely revised continuity. To learn more, check out my comprehensive Guide to Shazam.

DC has never printed a Shazam omnibus – not even to support his movies! That’s despite a keen collector interest in each of his eras and his modern relaunch being written by Geoff Johns, usually a sure seller in omnibus.

Every Missing Aquaman Omnibus, Mapped | 2025 Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus Poll

May 14, 2025 by krisis

It’s time to map the DC Universe! In June, I’ll be joining with Near Mint Condition to launch the Tigereyes Most Wanted DC Omnibus 2nd Annual Poll! This post explains every Aquaman omnibus that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

Aquaman isn’t historically a strong seller for DC in collected editions. Even a pair of films didn’t prompt DC to release any omnibuses to support them.

As a result, we have just two Aquaman omnibuses to date – his historic and much-beloved mid-90s run by Peter David, and Geoff Johns scripting him at the start of Flashpoint. That’s it! No Golden, Silver, or Bronze Age material. Nothing from the 2000s. And, nothing from after Johns’ run.

If you want to see more Aquaman omnibuses from DC in the future, a vote on this poll is one of the only ways to let them know aside from buying the remaining copies of that Peter David book!

New Comics & Collected Editions Releases: Image Comics – April 16 2025

April 12, 2025 by krisis

Next week is the 16th new comic book day of 2025! This post covers Image Comics April 16 2025 new releases. Missed this week’s releases? Check out last week’s post covering Image Comics April 9 2025 new releases.

This week in Image Comics: Redcoat meets another Unnamed, two Rogue Suns plus a Radiant Black, Body Bags zips up, Horizon Experiment in trade, Leonardo Romero goes full auteur on GI Joe’s Spirit, and more!

The Krisis Pick of the Week: I’m excited for Rogue Sun (2022) #26! I was so excited about my initial contact with Rogue Sun last month that I’m equally psyched for my catchup read and for a new issue.

This post includes every comic out from Image Comics this week on April 16 2025, plus collected editions. This isn’t the typical comic releases post you can find on other sites. Why? I explain each collection and comment on every series with a new issue out this week to help you figure out if they’re for you.

Plus, for some long-running series and Image Comics imprints, I’ll point you to a personally-curated guide within the Crushing Comics Guide to Indie Comics to find out how to collect that title in full!

There’s no other website on the internet that can claim that.

And now, onto Image Comics April 16 2025 new releases!

Geoff Johns’ Ghost Machine Collecting Guide (an Image Comics imprint)

Guide to Ghost Machine – Geoff Johns’ Image Comics Imprint (New for Patrons!)

April 9, 2025 by krisis

Today I’m back with another new indie guide for Patrons of CK! It’s a guide for an Image Imprint that has created non-stop chatter over the past year, including a constant hum on my Pull List streams. You might be surprised that I devoted a whole guide to it, since I’m historically not a fan of its main author! But, like every guide on the site, this one was borne from me having a question about the comics that no one else on the internet answered to my satisfaction. That’s why I now have my second guide to a creator-centric imprint with my Guide to Ghost Machine – an Image Comics imprint helmed by Geoff Johns!

Guide to Geoff Johns’ Ghost Machine

This guide is available exclusively to Patrons and will be available to the public later this year with the release of the First Ghost (2025) series and an end-of-year wave of collections.

Anyone who has followed me across various videos and message boards in addition to this blog knows I have no great love for Geoff Johns as a scripter. I enjoy him occasionally, especially during DC’s New 52, but often I just don’t vibe with his plot and character choices.

Then why am I making a guide for his Image Comics imprint, launched in 2024 to gather together a pair of existing mini-series and launch a new line of ongoing titles by Johns, Peter Tomasi, letterer Rob Leigh, and their artistic collaborators?

Two words: Shared Multiverse.
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